Leukotriene C4 synthase A-444C gene polymorphism in patients with allergic rhinitis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 997-1000

  Eskandari, Hatice Gülçin ^a   Ünal, Murat ^a   Öztürk, Özlem Görüroǧlu ^a   Vayisoǧlu, Yusuf ^a   Muşlu, Necati ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTRIENE C4; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM SENSING PROTEIN; LEUKOTRIENE C4 SYNTHASE; LEUKOTRIENE-C4 SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAY FEVER; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM-SENSING PROTEINS; MALE; MAST CELLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 33745802283     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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